Comments on: EMI’s Eric Nicoli/Apple’s Steve Jobs EMI Presentation Live Notes http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/04/02/emijobs-keynote-live-notes/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:17:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: thelt http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/04/02/emijobs-keynote-live-notes/#comment-172999 thelt Tue, 03 Apr 2007 16:28:11 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/04/02/emijobs-keynote-live-notes/#comment-172999 AAC *is not* an Apple only format. It is an open format that was chosen by Apple way back when. Neither of the letter 'A's in AAC stando for "Apple." This is a common misconception. AAC is essentially the successor to MP3. Apple has even toyed with the idea of changing the file extension name to MP4 to make this clearer, however there would be copyright issues, so they've just kept the standard open name of AAC. More info on AAC here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Audio_Coding and here: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/technologies/aac/ AAC *is not* an Apple only format. It is an open format that was chosen by Apple way back when. Neither of the letter ‘A’s in AAC stando for “Apple.” This is a common misconception. AAC is essentially the successor to MP3. Apple has even toyed with the idea of changing the file extension name to MP4 to make this clearer, however there would be copyright issues, so they’ve just kept the standard open name of AAC. More info on AAC here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Audio_Coding
and here:
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/technologies/aac/

]]> By: Sam http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/04/02/emijobs-keynote-live-notes/#comment-171861 Sam Mon, 02 Apr 2007 15:22:00 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/04/02/emijobs-keynote-live-notes/#comment-171861 ***Tom April 2nd, 2007 at 9:53 am A 256kbps AAC file doesn’t do squat for interoperability. Most non-iPod users sill won’t be able to play them. This is a step in the right direction for sure, but there are many more to go.*** But the files can be converted to mp3, wav, or whatever your hearts desires without having to worry about the DRM, its the best you are going to get for now. Lets just hope the rest of the music industry follows suit. ***Tom

April 2nd, 2007 at 9:53 am

A 256kbps AAC file doesn’t do squat for interoperability. Most non-iPod users sill won’t be able to play them. This is a step in the right direction for sure, but there are many more to go.***

But the files can be converted to mp3, wav, or whatever your hearts desires without having to worry about the DRM, its the best you are going to get for now. Lets just hope the rest of the music industry follows suit.

]]> By: Marinus http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/04/02/emijobs-keynote-live-notes/#comment-171765 Marinus Mon, 02 Apr 2007 14:05:56 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/04/02/emijobs-keynote-live-notes/#comment-171765 I hope this will clear the path for more innovative user friendly concepts this year :-) Let me know! I hope this will clear the path for more innovative user friendly concepts this year :-)

Let me know!

]]> By: Tom http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/04/02/emijobs-keynote-live-notes/#comment-171748 Tom Mon, 02 Apr 2007 13:53:20 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/04/02/emijobs-keynote-live-notes/#comment-171748 A 256kbps AAC file doesn't do squat for interoperability. Most non-iPod users sill won't be able to play them. This is a step in the right direction for sure, but there are many more to go. A 256kbps AAC file doesn’t do squat for interoperability. Most non-iPod users sill won’t be able to play them. This is a step in the right direction for sure, but there are many more to go.

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